Greene King IPA history
IPA stands for India Pale Ale, a particular type of beer that was brewed for export to ex-patriots during the days of the Indian Raj. Because hops have a preservative effect on beer, an unusually large quantity of hops were used in the brewing process to ensure beer remained in good condition preparing it for the long sea voyage to India. Ironically, our beer never made it to India, perhaps it was just too good to let go?
Greene King IPA, India Pale Ale, is now the fastest-selling cask ale in the UK. For many Greene King IPA embodies all that is best about British beer.
Brewed in Bury St Edmunds for over 200 years
Greene King IPA has been brewed in Bury St Edmunds for over 200 years and to this day retains that distinctive hoppy taste and aroma.
For over two hundred years, the master brewers of Greene King have been crafting fine ale under the big skies and amongst the sun drenched fields in the heart of suffolk, in historic Bury St Edmunds, where they have been making beer since the time of the doomsday book. We use the country's finest locally grown barley from the bread basket of England, malted just 2 miles from the brewery. We still use water drawn from the chalk aquifer beneath the brewery - the same that Benjamin Greene and Frederick King used when they first started making beer 200 years ago. We are one of the few beers that use 100% UK sourced ingredients. A proper pint of reassuring quality and moreishness
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